be hard up
Example Sentences
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George laughs gruffly: “You lot must be hard up for heroes.”
From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2018
The finding that loneliness can be contagious also caught some readers off-guard—wouldn't lonely souls be hard up for people to infect?
From Slate • Apr. 7, 2010
"Of course you'll be hard up if you go on living in rooms like this."
From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May
I am trying to raise the wind here: it seems absurd that I should be "hard up," but it is a long story.
From John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir by Blair, David Hunter
You never knowed what it means to be hard up, I reckon; never had no trouble at all; no husband to up an' leave you and not a soul to lean on.
From The Reclaimers by McCarter, Margaret Hill
